UAH Hockey is on the precipice. Please tell our President to step off.

[fangers]

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That's exactly how the writer of the article took it, too.

Yes, that's exactly how Brophy & Portera see it. They see no difference between fielding a DI team vs. fielding a club team, because they are clueless about anything hockey. Portera keeps referencing the schools history at the club level as if stepping backwards is ok.

And UAHStatman - Altenkirch is Portera's hand picked choice, and like Brophy, I wouldn't expect him to be anything other than Portera's yes man. So I'm not sure leaving the decision up to him buys us anything.

[UAHStatman]

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Yes, that's exactly how Brophy & Portera see it. They see no difference between fielding a DI team vs. fielding a club team, because they are clueless about anything hockey. Portera keeps referencing the schools history at the club level as if stepping backwards is ok.

They also make moving to club sound so easy. The questions that come to my mind are 1) Who is going to play us? and 2) Who is going to play FOR us? We wouldn't blame any scholarship player or coach from bolting. It would basically be starting all over from scratch, and having quick and adequate answers for either of those questions won't be easy. I fear demotion to club amounts to a delayed death sentence.

[Patman]

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out of left field, UAHStatman, but going by your handle and location do you work for SAS?

[UAHStatman]

Re: UAH Hockey is on the precipice. Please tell our President to step off.

out of left field, UAHStatman, but going by your handle and location do you work for SAS?

I do not. "Statman" was my nickname when I worked at the UAH sports information office as a student in the '90s. My biggest project there was creating the record books.

[Patman]

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I do not. "Statman" was my nickname when I worked at the UAH sports information office as a student in the '90s. My biggest project there was creating the record books.

figured it was worth asking

[fangers]

Re: UAH Hockey is on the precipice. Please tell our President to step off.

figured it was worth asking

yeah, given his screen name and location.

[fangers]

Re: UAH Hockey is on the precipice. Please tell our President to step off.

i read that as "becoming a club team means the sport is not being eliminated"... but of course, i haven't read the article... maybe he's just being optimistic.

edit: ok, he's the athletic director... i'd say optimistic

No, he's a yes man, hired by Portera. He's always deflecting things and saying it's not his decision, saying he'll do whatever his boss tells him. He's a baseball guy, no experience in the hockey world at all. I'd have some respect for him if he'd just get a backbone and admit he really doesn't support D1 hockey rather than hide behind Protera, letting him be the bad guy. If he thinks such logic will buy him anything with alum and fans if the program drops from D1 he's mistaken - his legacy would that of the AD at the helm when the program dropped, and that would never change.

[Bullmoose]

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&*#@!!!

Is it over, or can something still be done to save your team?

Terrible day for college hockey...

[jcarter7669]

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****ty